Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-05-21

ak cross EXamlL atiOn-- OW manYs shot
occurred before you heard the or
no don'tdo that?n A I don't knoV
J whether any shot came before that q
I not, but shots came Immediately after
10 Where were you standing? /
! About in front of Mrs. Cabaniss' house
4 ] then went about one or two hundre,
feet to point nearly opposite th
postoffice, but not quite so far east. (
When you were going west on th
5rth side OF the street did you NEE
one. A If did, do not remem
her it. @7 astsis
% Do you know that the two mel
H0u saw leaving the bridge were whit.
br black ? A / don't know, / iudgeC
hey were white, though / had NJ
Ieason that know of to do so. The
firing had not ceased when I asked tht
Questions Of what supposed to be the
driver. 1t was after that-may ht
nearly five minutes after the firing
CEASED, before the man saw come of
she bridge got in the vehicle. The
had OF the horse was east. When
rstfeated / went back about hundred
yards, probably faster than a walk.
saw that the firing was north and
south, and so long as it remained that
way being east was safe, but think
ing it might change. / wanted to get
out of the range of the shots. My
business is that of q commercial
traveller for a drug house in Peoria,
ILL.,
Re.Cross ExaminatiOn-IfI had met
a nan before the firing, | suppose there
wOtld be nothing to make me now
recall 1t. usually look down in walk
ing When / spoke to what supposed
was the driver in the vehicle, / was
stilton the north side of the street
and IL was on the south side, l was not
SO far east as the vehicle. When I
spoke to him the firing had not
ceased, and l don't see how it could
have possibly come up from the bridge
about that time.
VIM. Briscoe- The night Mr.. Gam
bl ell was killed / was in West Jackson
at Ben Hodges eating stand. When
the v. & M. train came saw CD.
Hamilton with another man whom Z
didn't know, coming around frOll the
West side of the V. & NJ. train around
the engine. / was on this side. Col.
Hamilton passed by me with the other
gentleman going towards the Lawrence
H0use
Cross Examination It was the tIain
goinS East. was at the eating house
next 70 where tneengfne was. 1gifdntt
see him actually coming around the
engine, but from where / saw him he
seemed to have lust come around 1t.
J. M. Mckee for State-I was In NV
house in front of the Governors Man
sion with Mr.. Lea when / heard one
shot, or it may have been two shots
fred in quick succession, and then a
,ry of some sort, and then q number of
very rapid shots, and rushed to the
gallery and then the last shot was fired,
md saw that flash. It seemed to be
hot n0rthward. 1t may have been a
title East or West of due North, but
he general direction was northward.
Then / rushed in and got my hat.
topped an instant to speak to my little
10Y, and then went IN rather fast
walk towards the bridge. In front of
he Post Office I saw hack and asked
What | took to be the driver, if that
vas Col. HamiltOn's hack, and he said
'es. When / got about half way from
here to the bridge, / saw some one
bout half way between me and the
ridge getting to the north sidewalk |
etween Mrs. Cabaniss' and Mrs. AM
r0sias'. As he passed Mrs. Cabaniss,,
)me lady from in the yard asked him |
hat was the matter and he did not
nswer. After he got on the sidewalk
e walked little and then went on at
pretty rapid run the last / saw of
ina. When | got on the bridge | saw
little knot of men together and Col.
amilton came out Of the crowd to-
ard me and said he was shot twice. A
tile afterwards he said II believe tha
ahmed fellow shot me twice, but when
did get at him tried to belt hell out
him.n
DIR. Dunn, for the defense-I have not
en- Col. HamiltOn's wound in the arm
1t from an examination of the cloth
g l think that person must
I'VE had his arm resting diag0nalIy |
ross his body, the elbow bent almost
a right angle. The person who In
cted the wound must have been in
spect to the clothing to the. left in
ont. have seen that little red car {
age of Col. HamiltOn's and have
dden in 1t frequently. If Col. Ham,
.On had been sitting in that carriage,
I'D had been shot from In front to the
tt he could not have received any
her character of wound.
/ have examined Col. Hamiltonis
Ound in the abdomen, though I have {
)t prObed it. know that the wound s
ust have penetrated as far as the I
Nominal muscle. The distance at t
hich pistol will set fire to clothing I
.ries, / have made experiments. but !
e furthest I could ignite cotton I
out eighteen inches. Cotton cloth
g ignitcs easier than woolen. a
Cross Examination-Do you know j
hose clothes they are? A No sir. r
hat calibre Of pistol did you use G
and 3S calibre. / would not assume {
at this clothing when set on fire q
uld not have been more than two
It. @ Could a ball traverse the L
Dthing as 1t has done, the person in d
g clothing being standing erect? "A G
IS sir. @ Give the character of the v
Iund in the abdomen? A There "
re disinfectantsupon it,and although Q
u could see the wound, I could not L
how the wound entered. @ How b
IS it you could tell of the depth of U
, wound without being able to tell =
direction of the wound ? A The p